Remember, this year's Los Angeles School Board race was the most expensive school board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately
fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School District.
And then there is the simple fact that the unions are actively
fighting against charter school teachers even as they claim to be representing them.
In the New York Daily News, Caitlin Flanagan writes about the charter schools launched by Mike Piscal's Inner City Education Foundation in LA, and wonders when unions will stop
fighting against charter schools.
Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive
fight against charter schools.
On Saturday, LaborPress caught up with Hawkins and his Green Party supporters at a «$ 15 Now» rally held outside a Starbucks on Fulton Street in Downtown, Brooklyn, where the gubernatorial hopeful talked about the need for legislation guaranteeing a living wage - as well as Mayor Bill de Blasio's apparent surrender in
the fight against charter school expansion.
Instead, they are choosing to use precious time, energy, and money to
fight against charter schools and make a moratorium on any new charters part of their national platform.
Repeatedly attacking suppliers while ignoring why there is demand is a strategy that has demonstrably failed to achieve success in the drug war and offers a preview of what to expect if we employ the same strategy in
the fight against charter school proliferation.
Not exact matches
The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit
charter school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking accountability than
fighting for our kids» and spending «millions on false attacks
against teachers and public schools.»
At 3 p.m., Cuomo and AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka join union members to support IBEW Local 3
against Charter Communications / Spectrum in their
fight for a fair contract, Cadman Plaza Park, (near the Brooklyn Bridge walkway entrance), Brooklyn.
NYCC also took up the
fight against school closings and co-location of
charter schools.
The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and
fighting against school closures and
charter schools.
The
fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of
charter - school advocate to position himself
against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight
charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.
They cheered his full - throated backing of
charter schools, even as Silver's Assembly was
fighting against allowing
charters to expand in New York as a prerequisite for applying for as much as $ 700 million in federal funding.
Groups like Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education have long been
fighting against tests used to determine if teachers and schools are effective and are
fighting the push by members of the current school board for more
charter schools and potentially conversion of some public schools into
charters.
But this support doesn't always translate into collective action to support the growth of
charter schools or to
fight against the criticisms that opponents perpetuate.
The battle
against caps must be
fought state by state by under - resourced, overextended
charter advocates
against entrenched opponents.
But
charters are now so well established that they are
fighting back
against the second - class funding status that states and school districts have assigned them.
While the union, called the Washington Education Association, has not yet taken a position on this initiative, it has
fought hard
against prior attempts to legalize
charters.
Nashville
Charter School Leaders join other leaders across the country to
fight against their own interests.
My activism in the
fight for equity and
against harmful
charter schools myths has lead to a role at C3S engaging parents from schools across the city.
We saw school choice expanded during the legislative session and families
fight back
against a lawsuit attempting to shut down Mississippi's public
charter schools.
In Milwaukee, folks are
fighting against the takeover and
chartering of their schools.
The depth of that support from the left, however, has been slowly eroding and recent developments exposed cracks in that alliance even before the election: the NAACP resolution; the battle over the Massachusetts
charter cap; the
fight against the Washington State
charter law, which was joined by local affiliates of NCLR, a group that nationally has been very supportive of
charters.
Jeffries said this work includes promoting both district and
charter schools in places like Denver, and
fighting against «bad actors» in the
charter sector — a move that would seem essential today, given the growing stories about
Ambika will continue to
fight against the disparities that have driven her as an educator, through the high - quality, college - preparatory
charter school she will found and lead for the students of San Antonio, Texas.
Charter schools have also chosen to
fight against school districts even when it was in the public interest to work together.
Caputo - Pearl said his «Union Power» group believes Fletcher has been too passive in
fighting attacks on teachers and plans to organize the broader community to press for smaller classes, pay raises and protections for campuses
against charter schools and other outside groups.
Uptown Messenger: Audubon
Charter discusses legal
fight against proposed budget cuts; French consulate urges new high school http://bit.ly/1NhxMpl
In the film, the single mom teams up with others to turn the failing school into a
charter school and the teachers union
fights against reforms, such as greater teacher accountability and more school choice.
CCSA
fights against these attempts to burden
charter schools with more red tape.
Yet local boards of education, parents and superintendents in the county are
fighting back
against the proposed
charters with rallies, petitions and letters to the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) to keep all
charters out of their towns.
Instead, Torlakson will have to
fight for his seat in a runoff
against a fellow Democrat, former
charter school executive Marshall Tuck, who has bucked the teachers unions on many issues — and who has been endorsed by every major newspaper in California.
The
charter school network's pre-K
fight has been ongoing since last October, and Moskowitz has convened multiple press conferences and bought full - page advertisements in the New York Times to make her case
against the city and state.
In an interview in today's Star - Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a
charter school moratorium, his views on «boutique»
charter schools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ
fight so vociferously
against public
charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark
charters are incubating new ideas and sharing them with traditional schools.
APPS Analysis: Some
charter managers and CEOs have
fought against enactment of Policy 406, claiming that it would bring over-regulation to
charter schools.
A look at the
fight against privatization &
charter Schools
5) California: North Hollywood High School students are organizing to
fight against a proposal to locate a
charter school in their school.
The
fight against school closings in Chicago travels to Rahm's house... The
fight against privatization in Puerto Rico just begins, as the Governor and Education Secretary announce their initiative, and the Legislative Assembly takes up a
charter law.
This includes sending taxpayer dollars to fund private and religious schools through voucher programs and
fighting against effective
charter school policies in favor of a
charter sector with little public oversight and accountability.
Eight members of the Charlotte - Mecklenburg school board vowed Tuesday to
fight for the loyalty of Matthews families, going on the offensive
against town officials who want to open the door to municipal
charter schools.
In an interview in today's Star - Ledger, Newark Superintendent and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf discusses the threat of a
charter school moratorium, his views on «boutique»
charter schools in leafy suburbs, why NJEA leaders and Save Our Schools - NJ
fight so vociferously
against public
charters yet give discriminatory magnet schools (and their own access to school choice) a pass, the impending governorship of Phil Murphy, and how Newark
charters are incubating new ideas...
The California
Charter Schools Association, which has fought heavily against the bill, has called it a «charter killer» and one «that would obliterate the charter school movement.
Charter Schools Association, which has
fought heavily
against the bill, has called it a «
charter killer» and one «that would obliterate the charter school movement.
charter killer» and one «that would obliterate the
charter school movement.
charter school movement.»
Caputo - Pearl and other teacher union leaders, local and national, have
fought against the rise of
charter schools, asserting that they undermine public education by draining financial support from public education systems and creating an educational caste system that favors some demographic groups over others.
The Yes effort backfired by creating their worst nightmare, uniting progressives and Democrats
against charter schools and into a powerful grassroots force that will continue to
fight charters across MA; «all of the momentum is on the [anti-
charter] side now.»
This reasoning has enabled Canadians who are members of sexual minorities to
fight against discrimination and to have sexual orientation recognized as an analogous ground under s. 15 of the
Charter.
On May 31, 2016, Quebec tabled Bill 103, An Act to strengthen the
fight against transphobia and improve the situation of transgender minors in particular, with the goal of amending the Quebec
Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity (although it includes other provisions related to other Acts).